Out of the 101 feature documentaries that qualified for the Oscars this year, The Documentary Branch Screening Committee has selected 15 to advance to the next round of selections. Five of these 15 will receive an Oscar nomination on January 25. The winner will be announced at the 2010 Academy Awards ceremony on February 27.
We are delighted that four films associated with Tribeca made this first all-important cut:
Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer
Alex Gibney, director
(ES Productions LLC)
—screened as a Work-in-Progress at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival
Read more: Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer
Enemies of the People
Rob Lemkin and Thet Sambath, directors
(Old Street Films)
—funded by a grant from the Gucci Tribeca Documentary Fund
Read more: Tribeca Takes: Rob Lemkin on Enemies of the People
The Lottery
Madeleine Sackler, director
(Great Curve Films)
—screened at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival
Read more: Tribeca Talks: The Lottery
The Tillman Story
Amir Bar-Lev, director
(Passion Pictures/Axis Films)
—screened at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival
Read more: The Tillman Story: Amir Bar-Lev
The other 11 films in the running follow, with links to TribecaFilm.com coverage where available.
Exit through the Gift Shop
Banksy, director
(Paranoid Pictures)
GasLand
Josh Fox, director
(Gasland Productions, LLC)
Read more: Your Land, My Land, GasLand
Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould
Michèle Hozer and Peter Raymont, directors
(White Pine Pictures)
Inside Job
Charles Ferguson, director
(Representational Pictures)
Precious Life
Shlomi Eldar, director
(Origami Productions)
Quest for Honor
Mary Ann Smothers Bruni, director
(Smothers Bruni Productions)
Restrepo
Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger, directors
(Outpost Films)
Read more: Over There: Restrepo
This Way of Life
Thomas Burstyn, director
(Cloud South Films)
Waiting for ‘Superman'
Davis Guggenheim, director
(Electric Kinney Films)
Waste Land
Lucy Walker, director
(Almega Projects)
Read more: Waste Land's Dangerous Landfill
William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe
Emily Kunstler and Sarah Kunstler, directors
(Disturbing the Universe LLC)